The bar chart compares how much tea and coffee were consumed per person in kilograms in seven particular countries in the year 2015.
Overall, the UK is the only place where tea and coffee were equally consumed. In the other countries, coffee was preferred to tea, except for Turkey and Russia where people drank more tea than coffee.
In Canada, average coffee consumption was around 6.25kg per capita, the highest value among all countries listed, which was more than six times as high as the amount of tea consumed. The figures for the US were relatively similar, but less pronounced, with 5.5kg of coffee versus 0.5kg of tea per person. The differences in consumption of both commodities were much less significant in New Zealand (3.75kg of coffee to 1.25kg of tea) and in Australia (3kg of coffee to 1kg of tea).
In contrast, Turks consumed the highest amount of tea, at 5kg per capita, compared to 3kg of coffee. Having a similar consumption pattern, Russians consumed 2.5kg of tea but 1.5kg of coffee. Finally, in the UK, there were the same amounts of coffee and tea consumed, at 3kg per person.